Messiah College Media Mentions

Paul Rego, chair of the politics department, views the second presidential debate of this election season to be especially critical for the President. Rego’s comments are included in an Oct. 15 Robert Vickers’ column in the Harrisburg Patriot-News.

Read “Analysis: Pressure on Obama to prove himself in second presidential debate.”

Professor Douglas and Rhonda Jacobsen are the authors of the new book, “No Longer Invisible: Religion in University Education.” The book was recently praised by Chris Gehrz on his “The Pietist Schoolman” blog.

Read “Religion’s ‘return’ to higher education.”

A Sept. 1 Pittsburgh Post Gazette story about actor Clint Eastwood’s performance at the Republican National Convention includes insight from Robin Lauermann, Messiah College professor of politics, who characterized the mystifying performance as a non-issue in the overall election.

Read “Boffo or babble? Clint Eastwood’s performance ignites the Twittersphere.”

Two Messiah College professors–John Fea, history, and Robin Lauermann, politics–talk about what students can do to make a good, lasting impression on their professors in an Aug. StudentAdvisor.com blog post.

Read “Make a good impression of your professors.”

Douglas and Rhonda Jacobsen  offer an unbiased view of the current state of religion across college campuses in their new book, “No Longer Invisible: Religion in University Education.”  The Aug. 26 Metro highlighted the new book.

Read “Religion returns to college campuses.”

John Fea, professor of American history and chair of the history department, co-authored an opinion piece with Chris Beneke of Bentley College about the historically unusual Republican ticket this year. Romney is a Mormon and Ryan is a Catholic–therefore creating one of the first tickets without a Protestant. The op-ed was published in the Aug. 16 Philadelphia Inquirer.

Read “The new religious test.”

John Fea, professor of American history, is quoted in an Aug. 8 NPR story about David Barton’s controversial claims that history clearly reflects that America was once a Christian nation.

Read “The most influential evangelist  you’ve never heard of.”

A recent shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin could shape that religious community similarly to how the Amish were affected by the wide outpouring of support and financial resources after a 2006 shooting at an Amish schoolhouse in Lancaster County, Pa. David Weaver-Zercher, professor of American religious history and co-author of “Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy,” comments on how these events can shape a religious community’s perception of the outside world in an Aug. 8 Christian Science Monitor article.

Read “In Oak Creek, Wis., hearts open to Sikhs after temple shooting.”

Apparently there is a proliferation of products nationwide that use Amish in their name but actually have no connections to the Amish. The trend of using the Amish in marketing efforts reflects our culture’s desire to return to a simpler, more sustainable life, says David Weaver-Zercher, professor of American religion, in a July 30 Pittsburgh Post Gazette story.

Read “Outsiders often using Amish name for marketing.”

Robin Lauermann, politics professor, weighs in on presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s best options for vice president in a July 14 USA Today article.

Read “Romney’s VP pick likely to go to safet candidate.”